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Taking care of preemies: St. Joseph’s Hospital is now a NIDCAP training center

Skin to skin contact enhances physiological development in newborns. Lori Basaldu, with her son Robinson Basaldu, two weeks old, at St. Joseph's. Robinson and his twin sister Harper were born at 23 weeks. Photo by Daniel Friedman.

What’s the best way to take care of a preemie? Teach caregivers to follow the baby’s lead, say experts who developed the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP). The program was developed by researchers at Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital Boston about 25 years ago. In Phoenix, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical [...]

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